Bio:With his work and story featured on NPR, in the CPA Journal and studied by business schools around the country, Toby Groves presents groundbreaking behavioral research in engaging and entertaining demonstrations for professional and academic interests. His presentations are an eye-opening, “must see” for anyone interested in understanding the fascinating psychological science behind our organizational behaviors, and particularly those involved in auditing, governance, culture, compliance, or leadership.

Educated in psychology and forensic accounting, Groves researches the roles that individual and group psychology play in organizational behaviors. The results shattered his long-held assumptions about the processes behind these events. Using groundbreaking research, interactive demonstrations, and a compelling personal story, Groves inspires audiences around the country to think differently and make real progress towards understanding and improving our processes

Other Meeting Notes:We will have one drawing for a gift card at the conclusion of the conference for those in attendance.Must be present to win.

Parking & Security:Leavenworth Street to ConAgra parking garage which is about 2 blocks east of 10th street.Visitors can park in the parking garage which is located on the north side of the road.Press the button on the badge scanner for security to buzz you in.

Attached is a map of where the attendees for the conference in December can park. There will be a guard stationed by the parking structure that will assist with parking. That guard will also instruct the visitors how to get to Building 11. Once the visitors have parked and arrive at Building 11, the lobby guard will check them in and direct them to the Learning Centers.

Despite significant attention and effort, our understanding of how human behavior affects organizational decisions involving accounting, and auditing, and particularly aberrant behaviors such as fraud are incomplete.Our assumptions regarding who is involved, how it starts, and why it grows are flawed, which leads to a variety of critical judgment errors. This presentation delves into the very latest breakthroughs in psychological research which uncover individual and group behaviors that reveal how our minds actually work in relation to these experiences. Interactive demonstrations dramatically exhibit to attendees how radically different our intuitions are in relation to the reality of these events, and how they can immediately use this new knowledge in their work.

Highlights:

•How auditors can unwittingly assist in the production of misleading information

•The effect of social influence on accounting decisions and financial statements

•What causes us to overlook the most ominous and obvious red flags

•Why psychopaths are not our greatest concern, and who is…

•Why well-meaning people cooperate in fraud schemes

•The latest research revealing how most fraud really starts, and why it gets out of control

•The paradox of experience-how it sometimes diminishes professional judgment

•Why our intuition and assumptions lead us astray

•How to improve professional Judgment, skepticism and critical thinking skills

Objectives:This presentation uses behavioral science to integrate “Soft Skills” with accounting and auditing concepts.Participants will be able to identify and understand behavioral concepts and apply them to auditing, accounting and governance situations, as well as using these concepts to assist in developing programs for risk management and cultural improvement.

Who will benefit:Auditors, controllers, CPA’s, CAE’s, CIO’s, CEO’s,compliance and risk managers, ethics officers, and anyone wanting to improve their skills by understanding the behavioral science associated with organizational risk and culture.

Subject timeline

Due to the nature of this presentation, overlap of topics is heavy throughout the day.